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Over $3.5 Billion and Counting: Songwriters, Are You Collecting Your Streaming Royalties?
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Elizabeth Mayo
For jazz songwriters, compositions often take on a life of their own—recorded by different artists, performed in new contexts, and discovered by listeners across generations. Today, that discovery increasingly happens on streaming platforms. But an important question remains: are the songwriters behind those works collecting the royalties they’re owed? The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) was created to help ensure they are. A Centralized System for the Streaming Era Established by the Music Modernization Act of 2018, The MLC is ...
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The Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund Announces Grants to Communities to Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2024
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Michael Ricci
The recording industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF), a leading non-profit organization enriching lives and uniting communities through the power of music, is preparing to launch its annual initiative to sponsor admission-free live performances celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April. Awareness for the 2024 campaign will benefit from the addition of media partners allaboutjazz.com and jazznearyou.com, websites which boast the world’s largest jazz events calendar and reach a combined 240,000 viewers per month. MPTF Trustee Dan Beck commented, “We ...
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Jazz Bridge Project Named A 'Hometown Hero' By Channel 6 ABC (Philadelphia)
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All About Jazz
From the desk at Jazz Bridge: We’re excited to let you know that Jazz Bridge was the subject of a very nice piece that aired on July 12 on WPVI TV 6 ABC, recognizing us as a “Hometown Hero.” How great is that!! We at Jazz Bridge are so proud to have our good work and our musicians’ assistance programs publicized. We want to thank musician Neil Podgurski, who honored us by publicly sharing how Jazz Bridge helped him ...
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Become a Jazz Bridge Calendar Sponsor!
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All About Jazz
Jazz Bridge helps Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians in their time of need. As part of our annual fundraiser, we offer sponsorship opportunities for placement in our annual and popular jazz photo calendar. For $25, your name or company will be listed on the back of the calendar as a “Friend of Jazz Bridge.” For $100, your company logo will be prominently displayed on the back of the calendar. For $150, your company logo along with text ...
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In Support Of Music For Love, Son Of Michel Petrucciani Speaks About 'Cantabile 2.0'
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Katrina Yang
Earlier this year, Music For Love released a charity project entitled Music For Love Vol. 1. The opening track “Cantabile 2.0” by Fabrizio Bosso and Pablo Nannucci, aka Roc Flowers is inspired by the late great jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani “Cantabile.” “Cantabile 2.0" adapted modern hip-hop texture on top of existing melody ideas, drawing influences from jazz standards and funk. Soon after its release, the tune received support from Michel Petrucciani’s family. Alexandre Petrucciani, the younger son of the jazz ...
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#Womentothefore Of The Jazz Scene For International Women's Day 2021
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All About Jazz
An online initiative launched today by the Europe Jazz Network in collaboration with magazines, web portals and radio programmes across Europe and beyond, aims to advocate for a fairer and more balanced creative music sector and to highlight the women who fuel the contemporary jazz scene with their creativity, artistic vision and leadership. On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day (#IWD2021), and for the following two weeks, a common hashtag, #womentothefore, will be used online to share articles, interviews and ...
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F2F Music Foundation forms partnership with Gilbreath Communications to promote opportunities to aspiring young musicians
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All About Jazz
Can improvisation be taught? According to F2F Music Foundation, the answer is a definite yes. F2F Music Foundation, a Houston area-based non-profit performing arts organization, is teaming up with Gilbreath Communications, Inc., to encourage young people to pursue their full potential musically and academically. Gilbreath will act as F2F’s public relations arm to inform young people and their parents about opportunities available through F2F. Founded by renowned contemporary jazz musician Vel Lewis, F2F works with local non-profit organizations and schools ...
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'Say Their Names' Raising Awareness & Contributions for Stricken Families
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All About Jazz
Many musicians and music fans have felt the need to respond to specific events or situations in America’s 2020 sociopolitical climate by doing more than creating, sharing and listening to music. Ethan Sultry’s “Say Their Names” opens one opportunity: The protest track is available for free download on sirsultrymusic.com, connected through a web button to MyGood.org, the 501(c)3 non-profit founded by Macy Gray to support family members of victims of police violence. Written in the aftermath of the June 2020 ...
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